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*    combinations such as kpolo [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    kui [ / ] “to sweep (and throw



*    the rubbish) on”; bɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] kui



*    [ / ] “to shake dust or chaff, or,



*    to winnow on”: i.e. it implies



*    that the object of the main



*    action is thrown on or at some-



*    body or something; the vowel ɔ



*    appears before the objective



*    pronouns of the sing.; ɣɛbɔʋ̃ɔ‿ɛ̃



*    ku-ɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] don’t shake it



*    (i.e. dust, or chaff in winnowing)



*    on me! ɔgiaɣae ku-erhã ku-iri



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he cut, or tore, it all



*    to pieces, i.e. throwing the pieces



*    everywhere (v. kũ 2 [ / ]).



*kukuku [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] closed (of leaves);



*    used with the verb ye [ ˥ ].



*kuɔ [ / ] (1) to collapse; to faint.



*    (2) to fold (e.g. an umbrella);



*    kuɔ‿exarha ni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ] fold that



*    umbrella! cf. ko [ ˥ ].



*kurururururu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes



*    the noise of distant thunder



*    (before a rainfall); v. kpãɽ̃ã-



*    ɽ̃ãɽ̃ãɽ̃ãɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*kuɽɔɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] dull; of a day when the



*    sun is behind clouds all the



*    time; ɛdɛ n-ɛɽɛ ye kuɽɔɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    it is dull to-day.



*k-uxuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. ke 1 [ ˥ ].



*kwaɽaɣada [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] entirely worn out;



*    used with kwisɛ [ ˥ ˩ ].



*kwe [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-



*    dicating doubt in a question,



*    possibility in other sentences;



*    can often be translated by “pro-



*    bably”, “really” or “at all”;



*    iɣakweɽu‿ɛe ɽa n-iɣɛɽu-ɛe (yi [ ˥ ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] shall I do it or not?



*    ʋen-umanaxwɛ̃niɛ y-ɔ na, uɣa^



*    kweyo [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˥ ] as you do



*    not reply to it now, will you



*    really go (or, will you go at all)?



*    ɔɣakwere [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] he will probably



*    come.